The Alpha Males are the Wolf Pack

So far this season, the Ridgeview boys have won every meet they have entered but their latest victory was very special. They went to nine time state champ Mcfarland's Invite and won convincingly. No Kern team has beat Mcfarland at any meet in recent memory and this maybe why they are ranked number two (complete overall rankings at bottom of page) in the valley.

With this lost, Mcfarland dropped to number five. Highland (9) and Stockdale make it four teams in the top ten overall. Of course, in cross country valley and state are competed in division actio and below are the rankings:

Division I - Top three go to state and Stockdale's young talented squad might just make it in November.

1. Buchanan 25 1
2. Clovis West 51 2
3. Clovis 56 3
4. Stockdale 82 4 - Had a real good showing at Woodbridge this past weekend (16:15 avg)
5. Clovis East 114 5
6. Madera 124 6
7. Bullard 170 7
8. Mt. Whitney 187 8
9. Centennial 203 9 - New coach and new direction brings better results. Now if they were in the SEYL instead of the SWYL ...
10. Central 342 10

Division II - The Scotsmen have been bridesmaids two years running at valley.

1. Highland 65 1 - Their top 5 runners beat East's first runner at their duel.
2.Golden West 107 4
3. Redwood 115 2
4. Tulare 126 5
5. East Bakersfield 136 3 - So far this year they have been M.I.A. Only lost one from last year but so far no results this year.
6. Sunnyside 160 6
7. Tulare Western 195 9
8. North (Bakersfield) 196 10 - Won the Independence Invite
9. Hoover 196 8
10.Liberty (Bakersfield) 198 7 - Lost to Foothill but team is improving each week.

Division III - This a stacked division!

1. Ridgeview 71 2 - Undefeated & Ranked #2 in the valley plus their 1 through 5 gap is getting tighter.
2. Madera South 91 2
3. Roosevelt 113 3
4. Clovis North 174 5
5. Shafter 205 4 - They have been laying low so far but loaded with sub five minute milers.
6. Wasco 224 6 - Another good Kern squad.
7. El Diamante 313 8
8. Foothill 337 NR - New head coach and won their first dual of the year.
9. Frontier 389 10
10. Yosemite 408 NR

Division IV*

1. McFarland 59 1 - Despite their first local lost in recent memory, the Cougars are still number one
2. Avenal 67 2
3. Parlier 167 4
4. Exeter 191 3
5. Firebaugh 241 9
6. Kerman 258 8
7. Taft 288 10
8. Mendota 291 NR
9. Farmersville 293 6
10. Caruthers 333 NR

This week, the Wolf Pack hosts their own meet at River Walk and most of the top teams including McFarland are expected to compete. Besides ranking on Lung's chart, they are also number one on my invite rankings system which rewards points on how well a team performs at invites. My formula is the winning teams point score divided by your score times the number of teams in the meet times 100.

So at the Mcfarland Invite, Ridgeview won with a score of 36 and there were 7 teams:
Ridgeview score - (36/36*7)*100 = 700 points
Mcfarland score - (36/69*7)*100 = 365 points

As of 9.23.09, my rankings are:

ridgview	2900
stockdale	1724
highland	1170
mcfarland	826
north	559
shafter	513
wasco	481
foothill	399
centennial	330
east	325
taft	286
liberty	255
arvin	234
frontier	215
independence	196
garces	184
golden valley	144
south	133
tehachapi	123
bakersfield	113
bchs	71

Noise Invite Power Rankings HERE (excel file)

Week #3 (September 21)

Varsity Boys

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 60 1

2. Ridgeview 170 5

3. Clovis West 180 3

4. Clovis 200 6

5. McFarland 224 2

6. Madera South 226 4

7. Avenal 265 9

8.Roosevelt 288 7

9. Highland 297 8

10. Stockdale 316 10

11. Clovis North 458 12

12. Clovis East 462 11

13.Madera 509 18

14. Golden West 531 17

15. Shafter 543 14

16. Redwood 574 13

17. Wasco 595 15

18. Tulare 637 20

19. East Bakersfield 690 16

20. Bullard 716 NR

-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair